Terms-unit 3

Question 0

Verbal irony

Answer 0

Irony occurring when a speaker’s meaning differs from what he or she expresses in words.

Question 1

Irony

Answer 1

The use of language to convey meaning other than what is stated or a contradiction in what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
( irony underscores the paradoxical, works of implied meaning and violates the readers expectations)

Question 2

Sarcasm

Answer 2

A type of irony that takes the form of
mock praise.

Question 3

Structural irony

Answer 3

A Sustained verbal irony that gen- erates two layers of meaning, one literal and one implied, throughout the entire work.

Question 4

Situational irony

Answer 4

A type of irony in which a story’s events violate normal expectations.

Question 5

Dramatic irony

Answer 5

A type of irony in which the reader is aware of a plot development of which the characters of the story are unaware.

Question 6

Hyperbole

Answer 6

A type of obvious overstatement used by writers to make a point.

Question 7

Understatement

Answer 7

The representation of something as less important than it truly is.

Question 8

Litotes

Answer 8

A form of understatement that expresses a positive statement by denying its opposite, e.g., That girl is no slacker.

Question 9

Satire

Answer 9

Corrective ridicule of some object of scorn usually outside of the literature itself.

Question 10

Pun

Answer 10

A type of wordplay in which the author com- bines two word meanings within a sentence.

Question 11

Oxymoron

Answer 11

Brief phrases that combine contradic- tory elements for effect (e.g., sweet sorrow).